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Air quality

Refers to the condition of the airwithin the surrounding.It is a measure of how clean orPolluted the air is.

Good Air Quality

pertains to the degreewhich air is clean, clear and free frompollution.

Bad air quality

can affect or harmhuman health and/or the environment.

Airborne particles

referred to as Particulate Matter or " PM “- amixture of solids and liquid droplets floating inthe air.-others form in complicated chemical reactionsin the atmosphere-Includes Dust, Dirt, Soot, Smoke and LiquidDroplets .etc.

Natural Sources

which includesbushfire, dust storm, pollens, andsea spray.

Related Human Activity

- includemotor vehicle emissions, industrialprocesses (e.g electricity generator,incinerators and stone crushing),unpaved roads and wood heaters.

Aerodynamic diameter

This particles can be classified on the basis oftheir size, referred to as their

Coarse particles

between 10 and 2.5micrometer

Fine particles

smaller than 2.5micrometer

Ultrafine diameter

smaller than 0.1micrometer


smoke

cloudy gray orblack mixture ofair and very smallpieces of carbonproduced bysomething that isburning.

Smoko Emission

-Is a collection of airborne solidand liquid particles and gasesemitted when a materialundergoes combustion orpyrolysis, together with thequantity of air that is entrained ormixed into mass.

Opacimeter

, detectand measure the amount oflight blocked in smokeemitted by diesel enginesfrom cars, trucks, ships,buses, motorcycles,locomotives and largestacks from industrialoperations.